#DCE581#DCE581

#DCE581 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.124 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE581
RGB	rgb(220, 229, 129)
HSL	hsl(65, 66%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(65, 44%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 43.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.37, -17.42, 47.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.37, 50.65, 110.12°)
OKLab	oklab(89.37% -0.0489 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(89.37% 0.124 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.4978, 72.8402, 31.5845)
Luminance	0.7284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE581 #8A81E5

analogous

#E5BC81 #DCE581 #AAE581

triadic

#DCE581 #81DCE5 #E581DC

tetradic

#DCE581 #81E5BC #8A81E5 #E581AA

square

#DCE581 #81E5BC #8A81E5 #E581AA

split-complementary

#DCE581 #81AAE5 #BC81E5

monochromatic

#B5C328 #CEDB4E #DCE581 #EAEFB4 #F8FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DCE581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#DCE581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE581

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE581	1.00	1.35	15.57	15.57
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DD79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DF86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 229, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.124 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8eda7',
    500: '#dce581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce581;
$custom-light: #e8eda7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89367,
    "c": 0.12447,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE581

secondary

#574DBD

accent

#18CE28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFDF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE581

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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